The National Informatics Centre has been entrusted with the responsibility of developing a computerized monitoring system for the programme of vocational education launched by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD). The programme covers 2,748 schools and 7,820 vocational sectors in 300 districts of the Country.
A monitoring system, to study the progress of newly introduced vocational courses, has been worked out by the School Education Bureau of the HRD Ministry. A quarterly report and an annual report are sent from each school to the respective District Education Office. The quarterly report covers information on infrastructural facilities such as sheds, equipment, availability of raw material, text books and teachers and their training. The annual report gives information on enrolment for the current year and examination results of the previous years, economic and educational backgrounds of parents and follow-ups of students who have completed the course.
The Educational Informatics Unit of NIC has developed a software to computerize the entire process of the monitoring system. The software has been distributed in all NIC state and district centres for implementation.
Five workshops were organized at Delhi, Hyderabad, Bombay, Bhubaneshwar and Guwahati to familiarize the officials of the State Governments with the software and train them in its use.